LimeWire Pushback

LimeWire is standing firm. In response to the industryâ€™s lawsuit against it last month, the company that owns the LimeWire file-sharing software filed a counterclaim this week, accusing members of the Recording Industry Association of America of anticompetitive practices, restraint of trade, tortuous interference and other claims (info.riaalawsuits.us).

The countersuit is â€œencouraging,â€ wrote John Paczkowski, an editor at SiliconValley.com who writes Good Morning Silicon Valley (gmsv.com).

The biggest record companies, according to the lawsuit, are engaged in a â€œmodern conspiracyâ€ to acquire â€œa monopoly over digital distribution of commercially valuable copyrighted music.â€ In all, the suit names 13 record companies.